St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Twin Cities Area
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown